[Verse 1] I would talk for hours About things you couldn't name You'd lean in like the details mattered Like you needed to know the ending You asked which one was my favorite You remembered what I said You asked again the following Sunday Like the answer might have changed I didn't notice then What it cost you to sit still I didn't know that attention Was something people chose to give [Pre-Chorus] I thought you loved the things I loved I thought we were the same It took me twenty years to learn You just loved me [Chorus] You didn't care about the game You didn't know the characters' names You sat there every single time Because I was the thing you came for Not the story I was telling Not the world I lived inside You showed up for the person telling it You just Liked me You just Liked me [Verse 2] I remember how you'd ask a question Right when I thought you'd stopped listening I remember thinking You were the only room I didn't shrink in I never rehearsed around you Never filed which words were safe I just talked And you just stayed I didn't know that was rare I didn't know that was a gift I didn't know some kids Never get that once [Pre-Chorus] I thought everyone had this I thought this was just how it was It took me twenty years to learn Not everyone gets chosen [Chorus] You didn't care about the game You didn't know the characters' names You sat there every single time Because I was the thing you came for Not the story I was telling Not the world I lived inside You showed up for the person telling it You just Liked me You just Liked me [Bridge] I understand now what you were doing I understand now what it meant That you asked follow-up questions About things you'd never touch again I understand you gave me something I didn't know to call a gift I walk around with it inside me The knowledge that I'm worth the sit I wish I could have told you I wish I'd known to say it then You were the proof I kept on living off of Long after you were gone [Breakdown] He just liked me He just liked me He just liked me Not the games Not the stories Not the version I was performing Me [Chorus] You didn't care about the game You didn't know the characters' names You sat there every single time Because I was the thing you came for Not the story I was telling Not the world I lived inside You showed up for the person telling it You just Liked me You just Liked me [Outro] I still tell the stories Like you're in the room I still leave the endings open In case you want to ask I know you won't ask I know But I leave them open anyway I leave them open Anyway
